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Columns
p.32 Build a Scrolling Alphanumeric LED Display
[author Steve Ciarcia]
Individual character arrays can be linked together to show lengthy messages.
p.57 User's Column: The Most Fabulous Object In the Entire World
[author Jerry Pournelle]
Ain't love grand, Diser, and lots more from Chaos Manor.
p.82 BYTE West Coast: Stylish Output
[author Ezra Shapiro]
Graphics terminals and a quiet inkjet printer are discussed.
Themes
p.93 The World of Micros
[author Gene Smarte]
This month's theme articles deal with theory, system descriptions, and projects touching on the capabilities and perils of real-world interfacing with microcomputers.
p.94 Personal Computer Signal Processing
[author Bill Engfemann and Mark Abraham]
An introduction to transducers, interfacing, and system development.
p.114 Planning a Computerized Measurement System
[author Craig R. Wyss]
The author offers tips on digital processing of analog signals.
p.127 Designing Systems for Real-Time Applications
[author James Isaak]
Some pointers to keep in mind before you tackle a real-time design.
p.137 Interfacing for Real-Time Control
[author Russell M. Genet, Louis J. Boyd, and Douglass J. Sauer]
Appropriate interfacing simplified the design of hardware and software in an observatory's telescope system.
p.152 Putting the Apple II Work, Part 1: The Hardware
[author Richard C. Hallgren]
How to create a high-speed system for the acquisition and analysis of data.
Reviews
p.169 Reviewer's Notebook
[author Rich Malloy]
BYTE's product-review editor comments on Panasonic's Sr. Partner, the ACT Apricot the Smart Cable, and this month's reviews.
p.170 The Rainbow 100
[author David B. Suits]
It runs CP/M-80, CP/M-86, and MS-DOS; but only on Rainbow-format disks.
p.186 Peachtext 5000
[author Stevanne Ruth Lehrman]
A collection of five business applications that are confederated - not integrated - into one package.
p.206 The Coleco Adam
[author Jules H. Gilder]
This inexpensive home computer includes all the necessary peripherals, but using it is no Garden of Eden.
p.224 Micro-logic
[author Richard Krajewski]
With this software you can design digital circuits with your Apple II or IBM PC.
p.234 Statistical Software for Microcomputers
[author James Carpenter, Dennis Deloria, and David Morganstein]
A comparative analysis of 24 packages.
Features
p.269 This Month's Features
[author G. Michael Vose]
Several new versions of BASIC are covered as well as the Mindset Personal Computer, Soviet microprocessors, and more.
p.270 The MIndset Personal Computer
[author Gregg Williams]
A promising graphics-oriented system that's partially compatible with the IBM PC.
p.298 Is BASIC Getting Better?
[author G. Michael Vose]
The language that made early microcomputers accessible is maturing to match the sophistication of a new generation of hardware.
p.300 True BASIC
[author Brig Elliott]
A company founded by BASIC's original authors announces a new version of the language.
p.302 BetterBASIC
[author G. Michael Vose]
One of the unique features of this BASIC variant is its modularity.
p.318 Macintosh BASIC
[author Scot Kamins]
Apple's new computer uses a semicompiled language with tools designed to simplify code writing.
p.334 Professional BASIC
[author Donald P. George]
Providing both support for the 8087 coprocessor and an array of debugging aids, this programming system makes BASIC a serious 16-bit tool.
p.344 BASIC-09
[author Brian Capouch]
A structured, incrementally compiled BASIC for Motorola MC6809-based microcomputers.
p.351 Soviet Microprocessors and Microcomputers
[author Ruth Heuertz]
A review of Soviet literature indicates that most microcomputers in the U.S.S.R. are based on older American microprocessors.
p.365 Toward Standardized VIdeo Terminals: ANSI X3.64 Device Control
[author Mark L. Siegel]
A set of codes that promises to alleviate incompatibility.
p.379 A VIC-20/Commodore 64 Terminal Emulator
[author John P. Russo]
This versatile program puts you in touch with mainframes.
p.422 Special April Supplement
A potpourri of features, including a preview of the Smart Blankie diurnal environmental control system.
Nucleus
p.4 Editorial: A Call for Ethical Standards for Personal Computer Magazines
p.9 MICROBYTES
p.15 Letters
p.392 Programming Quickie
p.398 BYTE's User to User
p.410 Ask BYTE
p.428, 432 Book Reviews
p.436 Clubs and Newsletters
p.442 Books Received
p.448 Software Received
p.465 Event Queue
p.479 What's New?
p.541 Unclassified Ads
p.542 BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results
p.543 Reader Service

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